Religious Freedom – Christians

By Marlo Safi | National Review Dennis Christensen, a Dane who moved to Russia in 1995, has been in custody by the Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russia for nearly two years. He faces charges for “extremism”; in Russia, being a practicing ... Full Article

By BBC News Gunmen have killed six people including a priest as Mass was being celebrated in a church in Dablo in northern Burkina Faso, officials say. The attackers, said to number between 20 and 30, then burned down the church. The ... Full Article

By Asif Aqeel | Christianity Today Now that Asia Bibi has finally left Pakistan and been reunited with her family in Canada, her prison cell has a new resident: yet another Christian woman condemned to death over blasphemy charges. Bibi’s ... Full Article

By Ewelina U. Ochab | Forbes Are Jehovah’s Witnesses extremists? Russian courts certainly think so. On April 1, 2019, Sergey Skrynnikov, a practicing Jehovah’s Witness in Russia, became the second member of the religious group to be ... Full Article

By Jack Doyle | Daily Mail Christians are ‘by far the most persecuted’ religious group and are enduring what amounts to genocide in some parts of the world, a report concluded. They are being driven out of the Middle East in a ... Full Article

By Catholic News Agency Kathmandu, Nepal, Apr 27, 2019 / 04:31 pm (CNA).- Reports of five Christians being arrested on faith-related charges in Nepal this week have sparked international concern and calls for changes to the country’s strict ... Full Article

By Christian Solidarity Worldwide Four Christians have been falsely arrested for alleged involvement in conversion in Ghorahi, a city in the Dang Deukhuri District, Nepal. Conversion is illegal in Nepal. Local police arrested two men and two ... Full Article

By David Brennan | Newsweek Russian security services have launched a series of raids against the homes and meeting places of Jehovah’s Witnesses in the country’s far-eastern Siberian region, detaining several devotees. The actions are the ... Full Article

By Christian Today The head of the UK Coptic Orthodox Church has called on faith communities to make a joint stand against “anti-Christianism”. Archbishop Angaelos made the appeal in the wake of horrific attacks on churches and ... Full Article

By Release International | Christian Today The death toll continues to rise following Easter service bomb attacks against churches in Sri Lanka. “We’re shocked and appalled and our prayers go out for our brothers and sisters in Sri ... Full Article

By Hannah Beech, Dharisha Bastians and Kai Schultz | The New York Times JAKARTA, Indonesia — The deadly attacks in Sri Lanka on Sunday highlighted how easily religious coexistence can be ripped apart in a region where secularism is weakening ... Full Article

By Sputnik News Despite the fact that Jehovah’s Witnesses have been branded as extremists in neighbouring Russia, the Finnish authorities still consider it a safe country for the practitioners of this denomination, which differs ... Full Article

By Will Maule | CBN News Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has told reporters that embattled Christian mother Asia Bibi will finally be allowed to leave Pakistan. Bibi, who was convicted of blasphemy and spent a decade on death row, was ... Full Article

By Susan Korah | Convivium March 15 was a turning point in the history of the ancient Roman Empire and also of the modern nation of New Zealand. On that day in 44 B.C., known to ancient Romans as the Ides of March, Julius Caesar was assassinated ... Full Article

By World Watch Monitor A 78 year-old priest has been admitted to hospital with second degree burns to his hands and feet after being beaten and tortured during a suspected robbery attempt on 11 April. A 78 year-old priest has been admitted to ... Full Article

By ChinaAid Authorities in the city of Shanghai seized more than 20 Christian business leaders, along with one American citizen, in the early morning of April 4th. According to ChinaAid, the arrests were directly tied to their faith and church ... Full Article

By UCA News Christian leaders and activists in India are pinning hopes on the Supreme Court to set aside guidelines made by a state court on individuals changing religion. India’s top court on April 5 postponed hearing a petition of Christian ... Full Article

By Kate Mayberry | Al Jazeera Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – A Malaysian human rights commission inquiry into the abduction of two people more than two years ago has found that the pair was probably disappeared by the intelligence branch of the ... Full Article

By Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann | Hamilton Spectator On March 18, 2019, Sergei Skrynnikov, a Russian citizen and allegedly a Jehovah’s Witness, was charged with “participating in an extremist organization,” an offence under Russian ... Full Article

By Shafique Khokhar | Asia News Every year in the country at least 1,000 minority girls are forced to recant their faith and convert to Islam. Christian demonstrator: “It is a disgrace that forcible conversions are not considered a ... Full Article

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